Gayne Whitman
Born: 1890-03-19 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1958-08-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gayne Whitman (born Alfred D. Vosburgh; March 19, 1890 – August 31, 1958) was an American radio and film actor. He appeared in 213 films between 1904 and 1957. In some early films he was credited under his birth name. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. As Alfred Vosburgh, he was the leading man in the film Princess of the Dark (1917). Soon after that, he changed his screen name to Alfred Whitman because "1917 was not a good time to have a German sounding name." Beginning in 1921, Whitman acted at the Morosco Theater in Los Angeles. He returned to films in 1925 when he received a contract with Warner Bros. On radio, Whitman played the title role in Chandu the Magician, was the narrator on Lassie and Strange as It Seems, and was an announcer on Paducah Plantation and other programs.
Filmography
1989
- Rootin' Tootin' Roundup as Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
1987
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1966
- Sakima and the Masked Marvel as Voice of the Masked Man
1957
- The Helen Morgan Story as Big Ed Wallace (uncredited)
1955
- Highway Patrol as Dr. Kennedy
1954
1953
- Dangerous Crossing as Purser (uncredited)
- Trouble Along the Way as Lawyer Grummet
- The Jazz Singer as Mr. Eskow
- One Girl's Confession as District Attorney
1952
- Big Jim McLain as Dr. Gelster
- Strange Fascination as Mr. Lowell
1951
- The Living Christ as Judas Iscariot
1950
- The Killer That Stalked New York as Doctor (uncredited)
1949
- Popular Science L-8-5 as Self (Voice)
- The Sickle or the Cross as Tim Matthews
1948
- Speaking of Animals: Home Sweet Home as Narrator (voice)
- Popular Science L-7-4 as Self (Voice)
1947
- Moon Rockets as Narrator
- Faith of Jairus as Narrator
1946
- Tomorrow's Airplane Today: The Story of the Stratocruiser as Narrator (voice)
- Prospecting for Petroleum as The Geologist (voice)
1945
- Hitchhike to Happiness as Radio Program Announcer (uncredited)
- Blonde Ransom as Reporter (uncredited)
- Music in the Sky as Narrator
1944
- Bordertown Trail as Officer
- My Gal Loves Music as Announcer
1942
- Reunion in France as Maitre d'hotel (uncredited)
- Phantom Killer as District Attorney John W. Rogers
1941
- The Lady Eve as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Ziegfeld Girl as Ted, Box Office Attendant (uncredited)
- Parachute Battalion as Staff Officer
- Gangs Inc. as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- Play Girl as Jeweller (uncredited)
- The Rookie Bear as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Popular Science J-0-6 as Self (Voice)
- Popular Science J-0-4 as Self (Voice)
- Popular Science J-0-5 as Self (Voice)
1940
- Flight Command as Doctor
- New Moon as First Mate
- Lucky Partners as Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- I Take This Woman as Dr. Phelps (uncredited)
- Adventures of Red Ryder as Harrison
- In Old Missouri as Businessman
- Popular Science J-0-3 as Self (Voice)
- Popular Science J-0-2 as Self (Voice)
- Popular Science J-0-1 as Self (Voice)
1939
- Land of Liberty as Narrator
- Blondie Brings Up Baby as Radio Police Officer (uncredited)
- The Flying Irishman as New York City Announcer
1938
- Popular Science J-8-1 as Narrator
- Smashing the Rackets as News Broadcaster
- Fleischer Studios Behind The Scenes as Narrator
1937
- Little Hiawatha as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Popular Science J-7-1 as Narrator
- Mickey's Review as Narrator
1936
- Spendthrift as Radio Announcer
- The Texas Rangers as announcer (uncredited)
- Robin Hood of El Dorado
- Popular Science J-6-2 as Self (Voice)
- The Return of Jimmy Valentine as Radio Actor
1935
- Woman Wanted as Attorney (uncredited)
- Page Miss Glory as Radio Show Announcer (uncredited)
- The Old Homestead as Radio Station Executive (uncredited)
- The Last Wilderness as Narrator
- Popular Science J-5-1 as Self (Voice)
1934
- Stand Up and Cheer! as President (voice)
- Wings Over Ethiopia as Narrator
- The Band Plays On as Doctor Wilson
- Art Trouble as Richard Burton
- Mrs. Mortimer Jones Prepares "Dinner for Eight" as Self - Narrator (voice)
- City of Wax as Narrator
- The 9th Guest as Voice of the Host (Uncredited)
- Inyaah (Jungle Goddess) as Narrator
1932
- Sea Spiders as Narrator (voice)
- Igloo as Narrator (voice)
- The Iceless Arctic as Narrator (voice)
1931
- Heroes of the Flames as Don Mitchell
1929
- Lucky Boy as Mr. Trent
1928
- The Adventurer as The Tornado
- Sailors' Wives as Warren Graves
1927
- The Woman on Trial as Julie's Lawyer
- Backstage as Frank Carroll
- Too Many Crooks as Marshall Stone
- Stolen Pleasures as John Manning
1926
- The Love Toy as Prime Minister
- A Woman of the Sea as The Novelist from the City
- Hell-Bent for Heaven
- The Night Cry as Miguel Hernández
- Exclusive Rights
- Oh! What a Nurse! as Clive Hunt
- Sunshine of Paradise Alley as Glen Wathershoon
- His Jazz Bride
1925
- His Majesty, Bunker Bean as Bert Hollins
- The Love Hour as Attorney
- Three Weeks in Paris as Duke Laporte
- The Pleasure Buyers as Genne Cassenas
- The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted as Jerome Wallace
1921
- If Women Only Knew as Professor Storey
1919
- The Best Man as Jefferson Hathaway (as Alfred Whitman)
- The End of the Game as Frank Miller
- A Trick of Fate as Richard Crane
1918
- A Gentleman's Agreement as Allen Spargo
- The Sea Flower as Truxton Darnley
- Baree, Son of Kazan as Jim Carvel (as Alfred Whitman)
- The Wild Strain as Harold Burton
- Tongues of Flame as L'Eau Darmant
- Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers as Ross Cavanaugh
- The Girl from Beyond as Geoffrey Hampden / George Hammond
- The Home Trail as Tom Evans
1917
- Money Madness as Tom Williams (as Alfred Vosburgh)
- The Serpent's Tooth as Sid Lennox
- Shackles of Truth as Luther Snaith
- Environment as Arnold Brice
- Sunlight's Last Raid as Jack Conway
- Princess of the Dark as Jack Rockwell (as Alfred Vosburgh)
1916
- Enchantment as The Faun's Mate
- The Code of Honor as Capt. Frank Marvin
- Jealousy's First Wife as Randolph Truax
- The Counterfeit Earl as Ralph Collum
- The Silken Spider as Rev. Lewis Dunston
- The Touch on the Key as Jimmy Lorman
- Life's Harmony as Gordon Howard
- Realization as Carl
- The Holly House as Rolin Henderson
- Four Months as Billy Carrington
- Tangled Skeins as Randall Wellington
- The Quicksands of Deceit as Hugh Conway
- Professor Jeremy's Experiment as Thorpe Willis
- Pastures Green as Bruce Blake
- The Road to Love as Karan (as Alfred Vosburgh)
- The Little Troubadour as Frank Towne
- Her Father's Son as Lt. Richard Harkness
- The Atonement as Dick Stanton
- The Gentle Conspiracy as Bob Fillmore
1913
- The Sign of the Snake as Secondary Role
- The Pitfall as Jim Bell